The Art of Making Money

United StatesDocumentaryTV-PG1 Season

What if the best way to make more money…is to create it yourself? In this documentary series from filmmaker Nathan Truesdell and Field of Vision, we f

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3 Episodes

Meet the Americans behind two alternative currencies: the originators of the community-focused BerkShares in Massachusetts, and the Fed-baiting libertarian Bernard von NotHaus, creator of the Florida-born Liberty Dollar.

The value of art takes on very different meanings in the work of two Copenhagen residents. One makes paintings he knows will sell well; the other makes paintings that are literally currency, which he uses to pay for dentist visits, clothes, and even drinks at a bar.

The World’s Greatest Counterfeiter

S1 | E3

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10 Mins

The self-declared “world’s greatest counterfeiter,” Frank Bourassa, printed $250 million in fake US currency until he was caught by an undercover cop in 2012. And yet he hardly served any jail time.

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